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The Battle of Chunuk Bair ( Turkish: Conk Bayırı Muharebesi) was a World War I battle fought between the Ottoman defenders and troops of the British Empire over control of the peak in August 1915.
Feb 16, 2016 · The second phase of the Allied offensive at Chunuk Bair was to have achieved its major objective - capturing the three key high points of Chunuk Bair, Hill Q and Hill 971 (Koja Chemen Tepe) - by dawn on 7 August.
Learn about the New Zealand effort at Gallipoli in 1915, when the Wellington Battalion fought to take and hold the strategic hill of Chunuk Bair. Find out the details of the battle, the casualties, the memorials and the related links.
Feb 16, 2016 · New Zealand Troops in the Battle of Chunuk Bair. Watch on. Preparations for the attack on Chunuk Bair - one of the highest peaks of the Sari Bair range - began at the start of August.
Chunuk Bair was one of the hills captured by New Zealand troops in the Sari Bair offensive in August 1915, part of the Gallipoli campaign. The offensive aimed to break the stalemate on the peninsula, but failed and led to the evacuation of Anzac in December 1915.
The article explores the Gallipoli Peninsula, where the Turks defeated the Allies in one of the bloodiest conflicts of World War I. It describes the landscape, the archaeology, the cemeteries and the memories of the battle that shaped the region and the world.
Aug 4, 2015 · After the Battle of Chunuk Bair had concluded, one must have asked the obvious question: what exactly was Sir Ian Hamilton, and subsequently General Sir Alexander Godley, trying to achieve by taking Chunuk Bair?
